set one's teeth
Example Sentences
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It was a noise that set one’s teeth on edge and bristled the hair at the back of one’s neck.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Five different shades of red on the same hat are enough to set one's teeth on edge.
From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
The machine-like gestures of the little preachers with arms too short for the work, were answered by words learned by rote, so false as to set one's teeth on edge.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by Ives, George Burnham
A red hat on a purple chair would set one's teeth on edge, in model or picture.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer
It is possible to have a table spread with all that is needful, and yet to set one's teeth, and lock one's lips, and receive no strength and no gladness from the rich provision.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander
